MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
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The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is a VMA category that honors outstanding music video direction, recognizing the creative vision and filmmaking craft behind notable videos.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction canonical | 8 |
| MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video | 6 |
| MTV VMA for Best Direction | 1 |
| VMA for Best Direction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3960640 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Context triple: [Praise You, awarded, MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction]
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding achievement in the editing of music videos.
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B.
MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
The MTV VMA for Best Cinematography is a category at the MTV Video Music Awards that honors outstanding camera work and visual composition in music videos.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video was a short-lived Grammy category that honored music videos distinguished by a strong, innovative narrative or conceptual framework rather than simple performance footage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Target entity description: The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is a VMA category that honors outstanding music video direction, recognizing the creative vision and filmmaking craft behind notable videos.
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A.
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
The MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing is a category at the MTV VMAs that honors outstanding achievement in the editing of music videos.
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B.
MTV VMA for Best Cinematography
The MTV VMA for Best Cinematography is a category at the MTV Video Music Awards that honors outstanding camera work and visual composition in music videos.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is a prestigious annual music industry honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation and production of short-form music videos.
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D.
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video is a prestigious music industry honor presented by the Recording Academy for outstanding video projects of extended length, such as full-length concert films or music documentaries.
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E.
Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video
The Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video was a short-lived Grammy category that honored music videos distinguished by a strong, innovative narrative or conceptual framework rather than simple performance footage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MTV Video Music Award category
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award for best director ⓘ music video award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Best Direction in a Video
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction ⓘ
surface form:
VMA for Best Direction
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| awardCategoryOf |
MTV Video Music Award
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surface form:
MTV Video Music Awards
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| awardedFor |
creative vision in music video filmmaking
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outstanding direction in a music video ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field | music industry ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | music video ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
direction
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filmmaking craft ⓘ visual storytelling ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNotableWinningVideo |
"Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar
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surface form:
"Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
Closer (Nine Inch Nails music video) ⓘ
surface form:
"Closer" by Nine Inch Nails
"Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. ⓘ "Freedom! '90" by George Michael ⓘ Humble ⓘ
surface form:
"Humble" by Kendrick Lamar
"Sabotage" by Beastie Boys ⓘ Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ⓘ
surface form:
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" by Beyoncé
"Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel ⓘ
surface form:
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
This Is America ⓘ
surface form:
"This Is America" by Childish Gambino
"Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins ⓘ "Vogue" by Madonna ⓘ |
| hasSubcategory | direction in a music video ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
David Fincher
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Hype Williams ⓘ Kendrick Lamar ⓘ Mark Romanek ⓘ Spike Jonze ⓘ Taylor Swift ⓘ |
| organizer | MTV ⓘ |
| partOf |
MTV Video Music Award
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surface form:
MTV Video Music Awards
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| presentedAt | annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy | MTV ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
chosen from nominated music videos
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winners determined by MTV and associated voting processes ⓘ |
| typicalNominee |
music video director
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recording artist who co-directed their video ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Description of subject: The MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction is a VMA category that honors outstanding music video direction, recognizing the creative vision and filmmaking craft behind notable videos.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Praise You music video
subject surface form:
Weapon of Choice music video
this entity surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
this entity surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
this entity surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
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MTV VMA for Best Direction
MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing
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associatedWith
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
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this entity surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
this entity surface form:
VMA for Best Direction
MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
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this entity surface form:
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video
MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction
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MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction
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